Rail-fastener.



C. H. CALHOUN.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLlCATlO N FILED was. 1915.

1,178,381. Patented Apr. 4,1916.

B 4". a. 10 ll CHARLES HENRY CALHOUN, 0F JMI'LFDBD, DELAWARE.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed August 5, 1915. Serial-No. 43;817.

Tacit whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES CALHOUN,

a citizen of the United .States, residing at Milford, in the county of Kent and State of Delaware, haveinventednew and usef ul Improvements RaiLFas'teners, of WhICll the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to unprovements in means for automatically securing a rail upon a tie;

Another object-of the invention is to provide a rail stay or anchor which "is A designed 1 to prevent the longitudinal creepingof the rails and which comprises a pair ofmembers normally arranged at an angle with relation to each other but whichare forced "into lockingposition with both-the rail and'the-tie by the weight of the rail-when resting upon the Another object {of the invention is-to provide a rail fastening-meansincluding a pair ofelamps oranchors designed to be forced into *rail'engaging position when the'weight of :the rails is interposed thereon, the tie upon which the anchors are disposed being provided with cushion members which receive and relieve the anchor members from the shock and jar the rolling stock traveling thereover.

Withthe above and other objects in View, the improvement residesin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and talling within the scope of the'appended claims. In the drawings: Figure 1 is atop plan viewshowing-aportion of a railway rail arranged-and secured upon a tiein accordance wish the present invention, Fig.2 isa side elevation of the same, a portion of the tie being shown in section, Fig. 3 is a-transverse sectional view illustrating the arrangement of the rail securing members before the rail is arranged thereon, a portion of said rail being shown in section elevated above the anchoring members and in-a position to be laidthereon. Fig. 4 is-a similar sectional view on the line"4 4 of Fig. 2-, Fig. "5 is a plan view ofgthe tie with the rail removed therefrom, Fig. dis a perspective view .of one of the anchoror rail securing members, and '7 is a transverse "sectional view incident to the weight of taken through a my improvement cured thereon.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates-a rail voit'the ordinary construction, and '2 the tie upon which the rail rests. In the preferred form of my improvement the tie may be constructed of any desired material and is, adjacent its ends, iprov'ided with transverse depressions 3 forming-passages for the reception of the base 'fianges of'themails as well-as for other purposes "which will presently be described. Thepassages 3 are *widerthanis the width ofthe base flange of the rail 1, and the trans verse walls-of each oif-said passages is preferably beveled-or inclined in opposite directions, orming what may be termed overlying ledges and whiohare indicated by the numerals 4c; The walls or ledges 4 are of substantially ogee formation, and the lower or horizontal walls of the passages 3, adjacent-the side wallsa thereof are beveled toward the said side wal1s,as indicated by the numeral 4, so'that the lower portion of the said sidewalls are-disposed below theplane of the horizontal wallof thesaid passage 3. The numerals ddesignate two similar rail stay membersor clamps. Each of the members 6 includes a substantially rectangular body 7, the lower wall of which being straight, but the upper wall is inclined from one-of its ends toward its opposite end, as indicated bythe numeral 8, and what I will term the inner portion of the wall 8 bein beveled downwardly at its end toward the bottom wall 9-of the body 7, as indicated by the numeral 10. The widened end of the body '7 upon its upper or inclined wall 8 is formed with an integral rail engaging hook or clamping member 11, the same conforming to the cross sectional shape ofthe longitudinal edge of the base flange oi"? the rail,

wooden tie provided with and illustrating rails sewhile the body, beyond the said hook 11, is

and when the members 6 are so arranged it will be noted that the portions 10-1O thereof are maintained approximately horizontally straight with relation to the tie and also with relationto the base flange of the rail 1. The rail is lifted above the portions 10, as shown in Fig.3 of the drawings, and the weight of the rail swings the members 6 upon their entering ends 13, the said enteribng ends serving as fulcrums for the memers.

In order that the rails may not constantly bear upon the members 6, I have found it desirable, when metallic ties are employed, to provide the same with longitudinally extending depressions 14: which intersect the passages 3, the said depressions being disposed to the opposite sides of the rail engaging members 6, and I also arrange between each of said despressions 14 a cushion block 15 upon which the base flanges of the rails rest. Also I have found it desirable to channel the tie centrally between the depress sions l e-14, as indicated by the numeral 16, the said channel being arranged in the central portion of the passage 3 and being disposed adjacent the ends of the members 6-6. This channel 16 is adapted to permit of the insertion of a pinch bar or the like beneath i the members 66 to swing the same upon their entering or fulcrum points .13 to elevate the beveled ends 10 thereof and to permit of the separation of the rail from the said members as well as the removal of the said members from the passages 3.

When the device is employed in connection with a wooden tie, as illustrated in Fig. 7 the entering points 13 penetrate the side walls 17 of the channels 18 provided to 're ceive the members 6. i

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the simplicity of the'device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination, a tie having a transverse rail receiving passage, a pair of oppositely disposed rail clamping members adapted to be arranged within the passage, said member including body portions having their upper faces inclined from one of their ends to their opposite ends and having the said upper faces formed with rail engaging hooks, beveled portions disposed beyond the hooks and contacting with the side walls of the passage and adapted to be forced to within the said side walls when the weight of the rail is deposited upon the said members.

2. In an automatic rail fastener, the combination with a tie having a transverse channel, the side walls of which being of an ogee formation, two similar rail engaging members each including a substantially rectangular body portion, the'upper wall of which being inclined from one of its ends to its opposite end and the inner walls of each of said members being beveled and the inclined wall to the lower straight wall thereof and the outer enlarged ends of said members being rounded and being received one within the respective ogee walls of the passage, and the members adapted, when the said members are forced to within the passage by the weight of the rail thereon to engage with the longitudinal receiving passage, the side walls of the pas sage being beveled inwardly and the horizontal lower wall of said passage being beveled at the ends thereof toward the inclined sides, metal clamps arranged side by side within the passage and having their opposite ends enlarged androunded to engage within the side walls provided by the passage, the lower portions of the bodiesofeach of the clamp members being horizontally straight, the upper walls being rounded to their, inner walls and their inner walls being beveled to their ends and adapted'to'be arranged horizontally straight when the said members rest upon the inclined ends of the horizontal lower wall of the passage, and the being provided with hooks 1 tudinal edges of the rail when the weight;

of the rail is imposed thereon and the bodies of the members are swung to within the V passage. 7 r

4:. In an automatic rail fastener, the combination with a tie having a transverserail receiving passage, the side walls of the passage being beveled inwardly and the horizontal lower wall of said passage being beveled at the ends thereof toward the inclined sides, metal clamps arranged side by side within the passage and having their oppo'-.- I

site ends enlarged and rounded to engage within the side Walls provided by the passage, the' lower portions of the bodies of each of the clamp members being horizontally straight, the upper walls being rounded to their inner walls and their inner walls being beveled to their ends and adapted to be arranged horizontally straight when the said members rest upon the inclined ends of the horizontal lower wall of the passage, and the said members beingfo rmed with hooks which are adapted to engage with the longitudinal edges of the rail when the weight of the rail is imposed thereon and the bodies of the members are swung to Within the tie, and cushion members supswing the same to Within the channel and porting the rails and disposed to the oppoforce their outer edges Within the side Walls site sides of the rail engaging members. provided by the channel, and the said mem- 5. A rail clamp for rails including in combers having rail engaging hooks. bination With a tie, tWo body members hav- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 15 ing beveled edges adapted to be received in presence of tWo Witnesses. Within a recess in the tie, the said members CHARLES HENRY CALHOUN. being normally sustained side by side and Witnesses: having their inner edges contacting and J. B. WARNER, adapted to receive the Weight of the rail to LEE HIRSCH.

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